AUS vs NAM: A player played Test cricket in T20 World Cup and made this unique world record

In the T20 World Cup 2024, a match was played between Australia and Namibia today at Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in North Sound, Antigua. In this match, Australia registered a big win by 9 wickets and made it to the Super-8. At the same time, Namibia captain Gerald Erasmus has made a unique world record by playing in Test cricket style. He faced 17 balls for his first run. With this, Erasmus now holds the world record for facing the most balls to open an account in T20 International.

Before the T20 World Cup 2024 match between Australia and Namibia, Tanmay Mishra of Kenya set a record for opening the account by facing the most balls. Tanmay scored his first run from 16 balls against Pakistan in 2007. As a result, after 17 years, this unpleasant record has finally been broken.

In terms of the contest, Namibia's squad, who batted first, scored only 72 runs in 17 overs. Gerald Erasmus scored 36 runs for Namibia in 43 balls, including four fours and a six, and Michael van added 10 runs. Aside from this, no other batsman managed to reach double figures. For Australia, Adam Zampa took four wickets while Josh Hazlewood and Marcus Stoinis took two wickets each.

Australia, chasing Namibia's modest target of 73 runs, scored 74 runs at the loss of one wicket in just 5.4 overs and achieved a big victory. David Warner played an innings of 20 runs in 8 balls. Travis Head returned unbeaten after scoring 34 runs and Mitchell Marsh returned unbeaten after scoring 18 runs. With this victory, Australia has made it to the Super-8.